inspirational stories about life - "the story about the boulder"

The Story of The BoulderThe Story of The Boulder

A very long time ago, there was a King.


He had a boulder (a very big rock) placed on

a roadway.


Then he hid himself & watched to see if

anyone would remove the huge rock from the

roadway.


Some of the king's wealthiest

merchants and courtiers came by,


they saw the huge rock and simply did nothing

else than to walk around it.


Many of them even loudly blamed the

king for not keeping the roads clear,


but none of them made a single attempt to move the

stone out of the way.


Again, some of the Noblemen of the

Kingdom passed by,


saw the rock,


made no attempt to remove it but

instead, walked around it.


Not long afterwards, a poor peasant

farmer came along carrying a load of vegetables.


When he approached the rock, he laid down his

burden


and tried to move the stone from the middle

to the side of the road.


After much pushing and straining, he finally

succeeded.


After rolling away the rock, the peasant picked up his

load of vegetables and was about to go,


when, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the

rock had been.


The purse contained so many gold coins enough to make one rich for a lifetime


and a note from the king stating that the gold was

for the person who removed the boulder from

the roadway.


He had become rich!


WHAT IS THE MESSAGE?


The poor peasant farmer learned what many of us

never understand.


Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our

condition.


WHAT CAN YOU LEARN FROM THIS?


Always do your best to render the little service you can even when nobody is

around.


There is always a reward for every good work you do!


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